Dave Robertson
1912–1922 · bats L / throws L · Chicago Cubs, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates
805G
.287AVG
.318OBP
.409SLG
More career statistics
812H
47HR
364RBI
94SB
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 2,830 | 2,829 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 57 | 94 |
| Batting · Hits | 812 | 814 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 15 | 14 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 262 | 261 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 3,034 | 3,032 |
| Batting · Runs | 366 | 365 |
| Batting · RBI | 364 | 367 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 94 | 93 |
| Batting · Walks | 113 | 112 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 805 | 3,034 | 2,830 | 366 | 812 | 117 | 44 | 47 | 364 | 113 | 262 | 94 | 57 | 15 | 0 | 1,158 | .287 | .318 | .409 | .727 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1917-05-30 to 1917-06-14
18longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | Caught Three Times | 1920-05-22 | 1 in 4,659 games | box score ↗ |
| 68 | Eight-RBI Game | 1921-08-19 | 1 in 1,372 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | The Cycle | 1921-08-30 | 1 in 694 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 417 | 1502 | 410 | 23 | 173 | 56 | 133 | .293 | .310 | .407 |
| Away | 388 | 1530 | 404 | 24 | 194 | 56 | 128 | .283 | .301 | .413 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 39 | 130 | 32 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 17 | .264 | .292 | .372 |
| May | 114 | 435 | 130 | 8 | 66 | 21 | 31 | .327 | .347 | .467 |
| June | 134 | 464 | 132 | 8 | 62 | 13 | 49 | .303 | .312 | .414 |
| July | 166 | 658 | 164 | 7 | 63 | 31 | 54 | .269 | .296 | .377 |
| August | 154 | 588 | 161 | 13 | 64 | 21 | 52 | .292 | .310 | .426 |
| September | 182 | 685 | 171 | 7 | 85 | 20 | 55 | .265 | .279 | .383 |
| October | 16 | 72 | 24 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | .348 | .333 | .536 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-braves | 122 | 465 | 119 | 3 | 48 | 15 | 46 | .274 | .288 | .356 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 116 | 433 | 108 | 8 | 45 | 6 | 35 | .263 | .263 | .375 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 115 | 431 | 119 | 7 | 47 | 23 | 29 | .298 | .329 | .416 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 111 | 413 | 116 | 7 | 64 | 22 | 41 | .305 | .334 | .455 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 109 | 405 | 111 | 5 | 58 | 10 | 23 | .291 | .299 | .419 |
| cincinnati-reds | 104 | 401 | 123 | 7 | 47 | 10 | 31 | .324 | .332 | .453 |
| chicago-cubs | 94 | 354 | 90 | 8 | 41 | 11 | 46 | .274 | .285 | .404 |
| new-york-giants | 34 | 130 | 28 | 2 | 17 | 15 | 10 | .248 | .331 | .416 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 |  New York Giants | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | .500 | – | – |
| 1914 | New York Giants | 82 | 256 | 68 | 2 | 34 | 9 | .266 | – | – |
| 1915 | New York Giants | 141 | 545 | 161 | 3 | 64 | 22 | .295 | – | – |
| 1916 | New York Giants | 150 | 587 | 180 | 12 | 67 | 21 | .307 | – | – |
| 1917 | New York Giants | 142 | 531 | 139 | 12 | 55 | 16 | .262 | – | – |
| 1919 | Chicago Cubs, New York Giants | 28 | 96 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 3 | .208 | – | – |
| 1920 |  Chicago Cubs | 134 | 499 | 150 | 10 | 73 | 17 | .301 | – | – |
| 1921 | Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates | 83 | 266 | 82 | 6 | 61 | 4 | .308 | – | – |
| 1922 | New York Giants | 42 | 47 | 13 | 1 | 4 | – | .277 | – | – |